Survivor News

“How did you tell your parents you were gay?”

One angry chef was all it took to add some heat to the reality TV lineup. Here's a helping of that -- and all the other craptastic fare -- primetime cooked up for us this week. via CANOE

“Here's somebody who just got on the bench. . . . How could they be so horrible that they should be removed?”

LAS VEGAS -- If the allegations against Elizabeth Halverson are true, then the judge often handled her staff with the temperament of a toddler. via Los Angeles Times

“At first, we thought we'd go to a place Americans have forgotten about”

This satirical, fictional story is part of the April 1, 2008, edition of reality blurred . via Reality Blurred

“As a teacher, you always want more. All our guys are different learners, so you have to individualize it and adapt it.”

Spotswood High School will become a reality fan's dreamland at 7 p.m. on April 5 when more than a dozen reality TV personalities descend upon the school for Reality Rumble 2008. via The Daily News-Record

He's a superstar athlete who is also a role model for young children who are living with a physically challenging condition that he too had many years ago.

Richard Sher reports, Earl Cole, 36 was a survivor two times over. Earl is the CBS Survivor Fiji winner from last season.

He's also survived Legg-Calve-Perthes syndrome, a degenerative disease of the hip joint, where a loss of bone mass leads to some degree of collapse of the hip joint.

Mostly young patients from across the world come to Sinai Hospital's International Center for leg lengthening as treatment for Legg-Calve-Perthes. Read more

Amid Kathleen Sleckman 's disgraceful departure from Survivor : Micronesia last week, the most important consequence of the entire episode was overlooked: with Kathleen gone, the Fans no longer retain the power ... via BuddyTV

“Recently, I contacted Jones Heating and Cooling on behalf of a needy family in Chester. Jones was receptive to their needs and within hours of my...”

The series "High School Reunion" got me thinking. That's not the purpose of this derivative series, but I just can't help myself. via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-R...

Spoilers for last night's "Survivor" coming up just as soon as I pay for some tree-climbing lessons... What a weird stretch of the season. via NJ.com

“If you think about it, the MTV Movie Awards truly is the most relevant awards show for young America .”

This is the second consecutive year that Burnett - the brains behind "Survivor," " The Apprentice " and many others - will produce the ceremony, and also the second year in a row it will be broadcast live. via NY Daily News

Mark Burnett is returning as executive producer of the MTV Movie Awards. Burnett will helm the anything-can-happen show for the second year in a row, MTV announced Tuesday. via Kalamazoo Gazette

Adam Carolla or no, Dancing with the Stars still has the moves. The ABC ballroom competition kicked off its spring fling before, on average, 20.9 million on Monday night, according to Nielsen estimates. via E! Online

“Trace, you're a beautiful cowboy”

There was a moment last week on The Celebrity Apprentice so unexpected, so delightful, so in-the-moment, so spontaneous and loopy and out-of-left-field that it had me in stitches. via Ottawa Citizen

We're still a few weeks away from a post-writers strike, business-as-usual Thursday night, when things get really busy -- but even without a first-run Grey's Anatomy or CSI, tonight is busy enough.

Stuff to watch or record

Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites: One of Survivor's most interesting 'favorites' -- the witty and very manipulative Jonathan Penner -- continues to face a health crisis that began last week, and that could send him home. 7 p.m., KTVT/Channel 11

Smallville: Clark Kent's old pal Pete (Sam Jones III) returns for this episode -- as a roadie for current hit-making band OneRepublic (which also appears). 7 p.m., KDAF/Channel 33 Read more

“It feels like someone took two metal rods, implanted them right underneath your heels, and shot 'em both up your leg.”

Sure, the nine contestants on the second season of Solitary were made to stay awake for long stretches, deprived of food, and subjected to amplified infant screams. via MotherJones

“I think more facts should be set forth”

Reality TV figure Jonny Fairplay will have to provide a court with more details about his tooth-busting dust-up with Danny Bonaduce before his lawsuit against producers of an awards show can go forward. via WTOP-FM Washington

“You see! He ees using both hands! He ees writing backwards!”

When I was a little kid in the late 1970s my family would consummate our new immigrant experience by watching Canadian TV. via Canada.com

“Viewers today have a lot to watch and plenty to do, so we can't assume they're automatically going to come back”

The Academy Awards were the movies' biggest night, but the award ceremony may have been more important for television. via Forbes

“The government understood it was time to take action”

ASHKELON, Israel Eighteen-year-old Eden Sharbane awoke before dawn Saturday to the eerie sound of a "red alert" siren in her Ashkelon neighborhood. via Jewish Exponent

Maybe everything Oprah Winfrey touches really does turn to gold.Sunday's premiere of "Oprah's Big Give" on ABC was seen by 15.7 million people, the largest audience in prime-time last week for any program not ... via The Canadian Press

“We experienced a great deal of affection for these women”

Five women from across the nation opened their mailboxes one day in 2006 to find a mysterious invitation, a packing list and a plane ticket to Dubuque. via Des Moines Register